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Iron Ore

Flight history

Before the creation of farm flights, the cyan flight was used as an intermediary flight between Mine (new recuits) and the regular flights. Once a racer in Mine was showing progress, they were promoted to Iron Ore. The final step was then to promote a racer from Iron Ore to one of the four main flights.

Then after Hammer Cup I came the idea of farm flights. Iron Ore was the farm flight of Smite. The purple flight could recruit any racer from Iron Ore at any time as well as demote inactive racers back to Iron Ore.

When farm flights were abandonned shortly after Hammer Cup II, Iron Ore stopped being used completely.

Name, logo and Symbolism

With Iron Ore, the goal was to create a flight with a feminine atmosphere. The result is stunning! When Vytrail showed me this image, Iron Ore immediately became one of my favorite flight. It's delicate, classy, elegant, mysterious and magical. It feels very different than the other flights!

Precious metals, gems and ores are Iron Ore's theme.